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Letters PatentNo. 97,100,

dated November 23, 1869.

IMPRQYEMENT IN AERIAL STEAM-CARS.

'. "mm- I n The Schedule referred to in these Letten Patontnd maklng'pm of the same.

To all whom it may concord:

Be it known thatl, FREDERICK MARRIOTT, ofthe city and county' ot' San Francisco, 'State of California, harcinveutedun Aerial Steam-Carriage; adldohereby declare the following'description and accompanying drawings are sulcicnt to enable any pers'on skilled in i the art or science to which it mostnearly appertaius, to make and use'iny said"iuvention Aor improvements without further invention or experiment.

My invention relates to a steam-carriage or vessel, which is so constructed that it can be moved or propelled through the air b v mechanical means, and which can bc steered in its course with the same facility that upon the surface of a. body ot water obeys the movements oi her rudder;

My vessel or carriage is constructed of any light and strong material, and is made pointed at both ends, or cigarshaped, each end being inflated with hydrogenor ,other gas.

Extending from the fbi-ward point of' the carriage to about the middle ot the vessel, and ou each side, is a vane or wing, which gradually widens as itexteudstoward the rear.

These wings serve to carry the Vcarriage steadily through the air.

The carriage is cn used to more through the air by screw or other propellers, which are driven by a steam or other power-engine oi' suitable size and capacity.

In the rear end of each of the venes or wings, at plane, which turns upon an axle, and by which any desired elevation can be given to the vessel.

A tail or rudder is also attached to the rear pointed cud, by means ot'wliicl1,any required direction can be given to the vessel when it is in motion.

In order to more fully illustrate and describe my invention, reference is had tothe accompanying drawings, forming a part of.this specification.

Figure 1 is a. top view of my aerial carriage or 1nachine.

Figure 2 is an elevation of one side.

' Figure 3 is a transverse vertical section through the centre.

.A represents a frame or structure, in the form oi t'uo cones united at their bases, and made of some light and strong material.

This structure is divided into three compartments, B, C, laud D, the compartment G being in the middle, y ofthe vvessel, inside ot which the exigirle is carried.

g'lhe compartments or gasometers B and D are covered with some suitable tibrie, for containing hydrogen, or other' gas specifically lighter than atmospheric air, with which thecompartments are to be filled, for

which purpose any of the prepared fabrics ycapable ,of

retaining gas, such as is employed in the manufacture ci' balloons, will answer. i

Beginning at the point of the vessel, and extending about half way its length toward' thc rear, are wings or planes E E, one on each side.

'lhese wings are rigidly lixed to the side of the car, so as to lie horizontally in a plane with its centre, and gradually increase in width toward the rear.

These wings aid in buoying up the ear, and keeping it steady'iu its movements through the air.

' Opposite the centre of the vessel, and operating in suitable openings in the rear end ot' the wings E E, are propellers F F.

These propelleis consist of twol blades, a, bent vto the proper curvature, and driven by an engine of the proper capacity, carried in the apartment U.

The' kind of power or style of exigirle employed is immaterial, the only requisite being that it shall be as light as possible, and, when steam is used, that the boilershai have'a sinncient amount-of iiressurfhce to enable the generation of steam to be carried on as tast as possible.

The propellers F, working, as they do,'outside of the body ofthe car, and through the horizontal wings, have full grasp upon the air, to carry tbrwurd the car.

Turning upon an axle, through openings in the wings, outside of the propcllers, are what I call planes, designated by the let-ters G.

These planes vibrate upon axles placed transversely to the longitudinal axis of the, car, and are operated, by suitable mechanism, from the interior of the compartment C, bythe engineer.

By turning these planes to the'proper angles, the elevation of the carcan be regulated.

This is ,one of the principal features of the invention, as, by their use, the vessel can, at all times',"be

controlled, and its elevation regulated, wit-l1 the same ease that abird gives itself` an upward or downward direction with its wings.-

The tail or rudder I is composed of two parts, d and c, placed at right angles'to each other, their planes intersectiug through the middle of each, thus forming a vertical and; a horizontal rudder.

This tail or rudder is attached to the rear end of the cigar-shaped flame A, by means of a hinge or other' joint, so that it can be turned tostand at any desired angle to the frame, either up or down, and thus give the engineer a more com ments of the vessel.

The entire machinery is operated from the centrall compartment or cabin G by suitable mechanism,

This flying boat or vessel, I call The Avitor, its governing principle and general 'arrangementI being similar to that ot' a bird moving through the air.

The Avitor, when fully nated, does not containv sulicient gas to cause it to rise, but remains in itsposition until the propellers are started into operation, and begin to beat the atmosphere, whenit rises with plete control over the mover the greatest ense, being v driven foward, at: the salite. time, thmugh me an. l

- Wiiat' Il cluimns my invention and improvement in aerial 'oi' ilyingfmnelines, iaif 1. A,spindlmimving onnwa'l ends Biondi), and

' sparig, in the middle, 4between the ooniml ends, for

the 'motive-immer, attendzuits, mssenge, and ii-eight. t 2. The ligd ofstationary wings or planesv E, w-

the aidjnstzibie plane G, arranged to operate subsjamtiaily ls, described.

indielof an aerial orfflying machine, for the purpose set-mh. 4substantial!`y` dreetinm substantially :is

of steering the machine.

5. And, in combination with the four-varied riddet or tail I, the adjustable planes G, arranged to emt'e witlmhe rudder, when required to steer the ma.

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In combination witlx'im iyiunglmohiue, n fom varied rudder o1't :\il,-I, mmn'ged to-vhmte in either chine'. 'Y f In'witness and seal.' A

FREDERICK MARRIOTT. [1.. 3.]

' Witnesses:

A. SMITH,

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